It is Saturday and I woke up this morning early since I wanted to start the backyard project as soon as possible. I got up at about 7:00 and got ready to go to Lowes since I had to purchase a manual post digger to help remove the access dirt that would be 42 inches under the ground. When I went into the bathroom to get ready I noticed it was raining and that really bothered me. I was upset because I was hoping that it wouldn’t be raining since I was going to spend the day in the backyard under the sky with a rented hydraulic auger that had to be back by 4:00 and the weather was reporting scattered showers. Yolanda and I got ready and we drove to Lowes. When we got there I went directly to the gardening supply isle and picked up my post digger for 35 dollars. After we left the store I thought about buying a fold out 10x10 size tent to use as a rain umbrella so that if I had to work in the rain I would at least not get wet. The weather was currently raining somewhat badly so I after I drove away from Lowes we drove down to Home Depot. I asked an attendant if they had any tents and he pointed to a 200 dollar model. I thought at the time it was two expensive so I drove back to Lowes to see what they had. On the way there we stopped at Star Bucks and Yolanda ordered a medium coffee and a bagel. When we got to Lowes they had only one left and it was more than 200 dollars so we left and as I was leaving we stopped through Dunkin Donuts and I purchased a toasted raisin bagel with strawberry crème cheese. At this point Yolanda looked up the Wall-Mart web site and she saw some tents for a cheaper price. We got to Wall-Mart and I purchased a 10x10 size tent for 150 dollars. I loaded it in the car and we drove home. As soon as I got home the rain stopped and it didn’t rain for the rest of the day. I woke up Andrew and asked if he could get ready to help me. I opened up the garage door and pulled out and pulled the hydraulic auger to the back yard. I started immediately drilling the post holes and ran into obstacles while doing so. Some of the holes had old underground wires that need to be snipped and other had rocks while yet others had roots. At some point my Father and my brother Pablo showed up and helped me finish excavating the holes.
We were finished at about 1:00 and we hitch the auger to my father’s truck and took it back to the rental place. On the way back we stopped at Menards were I was ready to spend some good money on 14 2x6 by 16 feet long wooden decking planks with the 8 post hole cylinders and brackets but because someone there didn’t do inventory control and restock the one of the brackets I needed we terminated the purchased and went to Home Depot. When we got there I was able to pick out the wood planks with my brother and everything we needed was there. My father pointed out some fasteners that I could purchased that would allow the decking boards to be mounted without nails and it would give it a better finished look. When we checked out and pulled the cart to my father truck we placed all of the planks from the back of his truck window and it rested right next to the front dash board. I was frightened that the planks would be so heavy that the back door of the truck wouldn’t be able to sustain the weight. I drove back home very slowly with the hazard light on and we were able to make it with no incident. I called Yolanda on the way back and asked if she could order a pizza. The pizza arrived after we unloaded and we ate a good meal with Coca Cola. My father left and Pablo stayed to finish finalizing one of the holes. After my brother pablo left I stayed in the backyard cleaning it up and I took to two piles of dirt that we mounted up from the holes we dug and I spread it out evenly across the surface and then used the flattener to flatten it down. Once I was done I showered up laid down and worked on my laptop. I also had my IDS protein shake, Mass Tab pill and additional supplements. I also had a cup of honey nut cheerios. Yes, I didn’t take my shake and pills in the morning but in honesty I completely forgot since I was running around and started working immediately after getting back from the store. There was talk about another family softball game and my father was invited. I also attempted to watch a movie called skeleton crew with Yolanda and Jazmin but I fell asleep on it.
We were finished at about 1:00 and we hitch the auger to my father’s truck and took it back to the rental place. On the way back we stopped at Menards were I was ready to spend some good money on 14 2x6 by 16 feet long wooden decking planks with the 8 post hole cylinders and brackets but because someone there didn’t do inventory control and restock the one of the brackets I needed we terminated the purchased and went to Home Depot. When we got there I was able to pick out the wood planks with my brother and everything we needed was there. My father pointed out some fasteners that I could purchased that would allow the decking boards to be mounted without nails and it would give it a better finished look. When we checked out and pulled the cart to my father truck we placed all of the planks from the back of his truck window and it rested right next to the front dash board. I was frightened that the planks would be so heavy that the back door of the truck wouldn’t be able to sustain the weight. I drove back home very slowly with the hazard light on and we were able to make it with no incident. I called Yolanda on the way back and asked if she could order a pizza. The pizza arrived after we unloaded and we ate a good meal with Coca Cola. My father left and Pablo stayed to finish finalizing one of the holes. After my brother pablo left I stayed in the backyard cleaning it up and I took to two piles of dirt that we mounted up from the holes we dug and I spread it out evenly across the surface and then used the flattener to flatten it down. Once I was done I showered up laid down and worked on my laptop. I also had my IDS protein shake, Mass Tab pill and additional supplements. I also had a cup of honey nut cheerios. Yes, I didn’t take my shake and pills in the morning but in honesty I completely forgot since I was running around and started working immediately after getting back from the store. There was talk about another family softball game and my father was invited. I also attempted to watch a movie called skeleton crew with Yolanda and Jazmin but I fell asleep on it. 
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